Jar opener



Dec. 11, 1923.

w. J. GALLAGHER JAR OPENER Filed March 15. 1922 Patented Dec. 11,192 3.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE.

warrant. GALLAGHER, or cmcmru'rr, orrro.

' JAB OPENER.

Application filed March 15, 1922. semrm. 544,048.

To all :wh om it ma, concerns t Be it known t at I, WALTER J. GAL- LAGHER, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in tion of the accompanying drawings, in

other type.

which:

Fig. 1, is a side elevation of my improved implement or article of maufacture applied to the opening of one type of fruit jar.

Fig. 2,-is a detail perspective of one claw portion of my improved article.

Fig-3, is a planview of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4, is a view similar to Fig. 1, illustrating the application of my improved article to the opening of a fruit jar of an- Fig. 5, is a view similar to Fig. 4, illustrating the application of my improved atticle to the o 'ening of .a sheet -metal container of anot er type.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the preferred embodiment of my invention in which 15 represents a loop-shaped member preferably formed by bending a rod of metal of rectangular cross section upon it self into a loop and forming its opposite ends into a pair of claws 16 and 17 which preferably diverge and are fitted to en age a portion of the circumference of a ruit jar or jarlid or similar container. The looped portions of the member 15 are preferably connected together close to the base.

of the claws 16 and 17 by means of a bolt or rivet 18, and also at another point closer to the loop 19 by another bolt or rivet 20 which alSO serves as a pivotal bearing for a clamping .or claw member 22 having a sharp blade or claw 24 at one end opposite the claws 16 and 17 and; a handle 25 at its opposite .end. The handle 25 is bent or curved over so as to a proach a position parallel to the loop en of the member 15 to enable the loop of the member 15 and the handle 25 to be grasped by one'hand when in use. A spring 26 attached at one end to the handle 25 and with its other end bearing u on the member 15 tends to hold 1 said hand es 15'and 25 normally apart.

The divergent claw's 16 and 17 in connection with the movable claw 24 provide for a three point engagement of the claws with a jar or jar cover in such-relation as to prevent slippage of the claws from engagement with the jar or lid, and at the same time facilitates a rotary movement of all the claws together relative to the jar or lid where such movement is desirable. improved implementis therefore applica le to a variety .of uses in the opening of a variety of containers. For instance as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the opener is shown applied to lifting the glass lid 30 of a fruit jar 31 of the Easy Seal type, which is' effected by engaging one edge of the lid by the divergent jaws 16 and 17 and then by actuatin the handle 25 ins rting the sharp or beneath the rubber jar ring 35 so as to use either the claws 16 and 17 or the claw 24 as the fulcrum" of a lever to lift the lid' 30 from the- 'ar 31. In Fig. 4 have illustrated the applior lid 36 while the claw 24 which is alsov provided with a sharp side edge 37 is inserted either beneath the edge of the lid 36 and between the lid and the'rubber jarring 38, or between the jar ring 38 and the shoulder 39 of the jar 40, and the implement then moved rotatably about the jar and jar lid so that the sharp edge 37 of the claw 24 will progressively either from the 11d or from the jar entirely around the jar, whereupon the lid may be readil unscrewed by hand.

In Fig. '5, I have illustrated theapplication of my improved implementto disengag ing the 11d 41 from a sheet metal contalncr 42 which may heefi'ected by engaging the claws 16 and- 17 upon one side of the con-.-

front e ge' 32 of the claw 24 either above cation of my improved implement tothe I loosen the jar ring 38 p P with the container.

a leverto lift the lid 41 from its engement Where lids silar to the one shown in Fig; 5, but of greater diameter are to be lifted the claws 16 and 17 may rest upon the top of the container or even on top one edge of the'lid while the claw 24 is inserted as shown in Fig. 5, be-

gage one fraction of the exterior of a curved article and provided at its opposite end with a handle, and a second member pivotally connected to said first member at substantially the middle portion thereof and having a downwardly directed claw at one end to engage an opgosite fraction of the exterior of and curve article to engage a jar rub her to break the seal and a handle located above the handle of said first member and adapted to be grasped simultaneously with and forced toward the. hande of said first member to force said claws toward each other.

2. An article of manufacture comprising a first w having a pair of divergent downwardly and inwardly directed claws at one end to engage and travel circumferentially over the curved exterior of a container to be 0' ened-and provided at its opposite end wit a handle, and a second member pivotally connected to said firstmember at an intermediate point afid having a downwardly and inwardly directed claw atone end to engage and travel circumferentially M relative to the o posite portion of the curved exterior of sai container and a ndle loaerator first member to force said claws toward each other to seal. 7

3. As an article of manufacture a jar opener comprising a member having a claw at one end to engage at a plurality of points along an extended fraction of the curved surfaceof a container and provided at its opposite end with a handle, and a second member pivotally connected to said first member at an intermediate int and provided with a downwardly and having a sharp edge opposite said first claw and with a handle at its op osite end located above the handle ct sai first member and adapted'to be forced toward the handle of said first member to force said claws toward each other to en'gage a jar rubber to breakfthe seal.

opener com rising a member having a downwardly an inwardly directed claw at one end adapted to engage at a p'urality of points along an extended traction of the curved surface of a container and provided at its opposite end with a handle, and a. second member pivotally connected to said first member at an intermediate point and pro-- vided at one endwith a downwardly and inwardly directed claw having a frontaland a lateralsharpened edge in a plane substantially parallel with said first handfe and at its opposite end with a handle located above the handle of said first member and adapted to "be simultaneously grasped with and forced toward the handle of said firstmemher to force. said claws toward each other.

In testimony whereof I have 'afiixed' my signature.

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engage the jar rubber to break the V inwardly directed claw 4:. As an article of manufacture a jar 

